Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: September 14, 1995
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E3718W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,655 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yours Truly..., March 10, 2007

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S. T. Patchin (someplace nice) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JACK THE RIPPER: PHANTOM OF DEATH (DVD)

Over a decade after it aired this is the only Jack The Ripper documentary that still holds up. Full of great info not readily sited by most books (racial & class biases, political & press motivations, Conan Doyle's midwife theory) it whets the appetite for further investigation. Most importantly, unlike any other Ripper film it's the only one to capture the unrelenting terror behind the granddaddy of serial killers. There can rightfully be no firm resolution to the identity of the murderer and that fear of the unknown and the socially deviated shows through in spades. I recommend it highly to anyone interested in the case or the human phenomena of serial murder; but even as a true-to-life scary story it's terrifically effective, making the idea of particularly foggy nights unappealing to walk in.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another "Ripper", January 6, 2008

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Jerry Winters "The Servant" (Stonewall, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JACK THE RIPPER: PHANTOM OF DEATH (DVD)

The subject is arguably the most famous serial killer in history. In this dvd we are given the familiar "facts" but nothing really new. It would have been refreshing if more were covered on suspects and modern forensic methods that might be applicable. Still and all, an above average dvd.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jack Boy, March 10, 2007

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Otis (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: JACK THE RIPPER: PHANTOM OF DEATH (DVD)

I think this video as a begining one is good. For a forensic class, this works as a begining. It does not have much depth to it, but it does cover the murders Jack the Ripper is blamed for. They do touch on a couple of theories very quickly. I was looking for a more historic biography of Jack the Ripper. I almost obtained that goal. The students in my high school class thought is was good.